Iran, Under New Strain, Makes Offer to Talk

By

Farnaz Fassihi in Beirut and

Jay Solomon in Washington

January 19, 2012

Iran said it was ready to return to negotiations over its nuclear program, though U.S. officials said they had yet to see proof of that claim, as some international efforts to ratchet up pressure on Tehran progressed.

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday that Iran would like to restart talks in Turkey with the diplomatic bloc of world powers that has been involved in the negotiations effort, according to news reports...